Janet Saunders

Lead Underwriter, Professional Indemnity
(416) 408-5654
saundersj @ simmlands.com

Janet joined Simmlands Insurance Services Limited in September 2010 as Lead Underwriter, Professional Indemnity.

Prior to starting at Simmlands, Janet worked with Marsh Canada for 11 years, starting out as Manager, Healthcare Institutions and Professional Liability programs, and later obtaining her Senior Vice President title as the Head of the Hospital/Healthcare team within the Toronto healthcare and Life Sciences Practice.  At Marsh, she was the Client Executive for Teaching and Academic Hospitals with a particular focus on sophisticated professional liability risk transfer products and risk management advice related to contractual agreements.

Her career began in Montreal where she worked for 13 years for the international insurance broker Minet.  She worked within the International Client Management team on the big eight worldwide accounting firms and other Canadian and US based accounting firms, managing their Professional Liability Insurance coverage, which included work on captives and finite-risk schemes.  During this period she was seconded to London to work at Minet’s UK headquarters.